Unknown photographer,
Steichen and Kate in the Garden at Voulangis, photograph, Steichen
Family Collection

Steichen's eldest
daughter, Mary Steichen Calderone, best described her father's delight
in flowers: "The lovely garden created by my father came to mean as much
to him as did the garden at Giverny to Moneta bottomless well for
creativity, peace, challenge, joy, inspiration, surcease, renewaland
sheer sensual pleasure."

In this photograph,
Steichen wheels his younger daughter Kate in a cart filled with garden
clippings.